What is the way to do paratroopers course for NCC cadet?

What is the way to do paratroopers course for NCC cadet?

By Quora Team(Abdul Junaid)

Being the person to be selected for this course, I think I am the best one to answer this question.

The paratroopers course is called as Para Basic Course in NCC. It is held twice in a year in the months of September and November.

Each camp has got 40 reserved vacancies for NCC cadets - 20 for SWs (girls) and 20 for SDs (boys). DG NCC allots the vacancies to 17 directorates based on their strength. Dtes with higher strength get more vacancies than dtes with less strength.

Generally, the dtes with higher strength get no more than 2–3 vacancies, 4 is extreme. In my directorate (AP and T), we get 3 vacancies for this course as it’s enrolled strength is a bit large in number.

So, next, your DDG allots vacancies to each group headquarter, one at a time. My NCC group, Hyderabad got the vacancies last November (2016), so this time (Sep 17), Kakinada group got the vacancies. In some cases, each group may get one vacancy each.

These groups, in turn, allot the vacancies to the respective units/squadrons under its command. The unit getting the vacancy is no more than lucky enough than the person chosen to go for the course.

The Physical Requirement - The Selection:

The physical requirement of this course is running 1 km in 4 minutes, 10–15 pull ups, 50 push-ups and 50 squats. So it need very good stamina to be a paratrooper. The training and selections of the interested candidates starts from about 4 months before the camp. And only the luckiest and fortunate person gets to be one of the chosen few. They are interviewed at unit level, group level and then directorate level to be a part of the Para Basic Course.

The Para Basic Course:

In this course, you are entitled to 3 jumps during the daytime. The camp lasts for about a month. The initial days are to train and build stamina and confidence of cadets to make the jumps. The jumps are easy, the training is hard.

I am selected to attend the Para Basic Course this September of 2017.

Wish me luck!

Update: 23/9/17

I’ve successfully completed the course and was awarded the para wings.